By Bobby Gutierrez [email protected] MEEKER | Veteran high school volleyball coach Greg Cravens finished his first season coaching in Meeker with the 2A Colorado State Volleyball Championship semifinals. He said he was thankful for the experience and is excited about the future of the program. “The weekend was a great[Read More…]
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Cowboys continue quest, win 50-0 in first round of playoffs
MEEKER | The Cowboys will continue their quest to win Meeker’s first-ever football championship, but in order to do so they must next win in the quarterfinals of the 2017 1A Colorado State Football Championships against the Limon Badgers, the most accomplished high school football program in Colorado history. Meeker[Read More…]
First trip to state for Meeker volleyball team in four years this weekend
MEEKER | Many believe it is hard to beat a good team three times in a season, but the Meeker volleyball team made the challenge look easy, beating Paonia in three games for a third time in the past three weeks, advancing them to the regional championship game where they[Read More…]
Panthers end football season with a win
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther football team ended its season with a 2-7 record, winning its first and last games of the season, the most recent a 12-6 win in Collbran against the Plateau Valley Cowboys. The game in Collbran was the final football game for seniors Dillon Goetz and[Read More…]
MHS volleyball wins district title, hosts regionals this weekend
MEEKER | After losing the Western Slope League championship to its Rio Blanco County rival in the final match of the regular season, Meeker entered the district tournament as the No. 2 seed behind league champion Rangely, but when the two teams met for the district championship last Saturday, Meeker[Read More…]
Cowboys start playoffs undefeated once again
MEEKER | For the second year in a row, the Meeker Cowboys enter the 1A Colorado State Football Championship playoffs undefeated in their quest to win the community’s first-ever state football title after finishing as a runner-up last year. The Cowboys pounded the Olathe Pirates 52-21 in the final game[Read More…]
Panthers leave it on the field against 4th ranked Eagles
RANGELY | The Panther football team put on a good show in the first half, in its final home game of the season on Yeager Field last Friday, against the visiting Gilpin County Eagles but they could not prevent the fourth ranked Eagles from coming back in the second half[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Paonia, score more Touchdowns for Kris
MEEKER | The Paonia Eagles had not lost a football game on their home field in Town Park since the 2013 season but last Friday the undefeated Meeker Cowboys broke the Eagles’ streak and scored four more Touchdowns for Kris, in the process. The victory clinched a Western Slope League[Read More…]
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Rangely wins league title in Meeker; district tournament starts Friday
RANGELY | The Western Slope League volleyball championship title was not determined until the final match of the regular season between the two Rio Blanco High school teams, played in the county seat but it was the visiting team, who won the title. Now both Meeker and Rangely will play[Read More…]
Successful MHS softball season comes to a close {PHOTOS}
Bobby Gutierrez photos Order prints, keepsakes, specialty items and more at https://rioblancoheraldtimes.smugmug.com/2017-MHS-girls-softball-state-tournament/ MEEKER | “What a great season,” Meeker head girls’ softball coach Briana Williams said of her team, who qualified for the state tournament for a second year in a row but also for a second year in a[Read More…]
Poppin’ a Wheelie …
